IP Communications

Convergence – on your terms, at your pace

Convergence can be a complex task that represents a paradigm shift for many companies, but it can open the door to powerful new capabilities, a simplified network structure and opportunities to control costs.

Our experts can help your enterprise incorporate emerging technologies on your own terms – making the most of legacy infrastructure investments while migrating to powerful, next-generation capabilities.

• Understand current best practices, standards, emerging technologies, and trends
• Identify the strengths, weaknesses, and risks attending migration strategies
• Define likely consequences (operational, technical, and financial) for your enterprise
• Establish next steps

Recognized Leadership

Verizon Business ranked first in overall VoIP strategy in the Forrester Wave study, US Enterprise-Class VoIP services, Q1 2007. Whether you are looking to get the most out of your existing IP infrastructure or are planning a migration, our experts can help you develop the right plan. We’ve helped over 4,500 companies migrate to an IP environment that includes VoIP, VPN and our MPLS-based Private IP network.

Support throughout the migration lifecycle

Through planning, design, implementation and management services we provide insight and action that helps ease the migration lifecycle.

Planning

• Convergence Strategy Workshops
• Business / financial impact analysis
• Convergence Network Protection Strategy Workshop
• Convergence Readiness Assessment
• Convergence Security Assessment
• Application Performance Assessment

Design

• Convergence Design and Migration Strategy
• Convergence Network and Traffic Engineering

Management

• Convergence HealthCheck and Optimization
• Network Lifecycle and Planning Management
• PBX and IP PBX Management
• Network and Application Management